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Arno Rafael Minkkinen

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Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face--there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see it, and of not being able to stare into his own eyes.

Only in the water of rivers and ponds could he look at his face. And the very posture he had to assume was symbolic. He had to bend over, stoop down, to commit the ignominy of beholding himself.

The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.

“The Book of Disquiet” Pessoa, Fernando (1928)

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

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Fosters Pond

Arno Rafael Minkkinen, 2000

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photo by Arno Rafael Minkkinen

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Among the photographers I discovered last week was Finnish-American Arno Minkkinen. #minkkinen #photographer #photo #fotografiska #museum #sthlm #visitstockholm #igphoto #inspiration #funny #blackandwhite #finland #american #tbt (à Fotografiska Stockholm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHxqwoTJLRj/?igshid=b27ssjed81s0

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From the Shelton Hotel looking East

Arno Rafael Minkkinen, 2005

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                          ”Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water“

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Photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen Seamlessly Integrates His Body with the Natural World

Photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen Seamlessly Integrates His Body with the Natural World

Finnish-American photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen has been capturing self-portraits of his nude body in natural surroundings for the better part of five decades. More than just existing in these scenic locations, Minkkinen fully merges his limbs and torso like a chameleon, blurring the lines between where the world ends and his body begins. The methods used to create these bold and uninhibited…

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